Lydia Sterling

1747 - 1813  (66 years)

• Name	Lydia Sterling
  Birth	1 Apr 1747	Lyme, New London, CT
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Apr 1813	Woodstock, Windsor, VT
  Burial	South Woodstock Burying Ground, South Woodstock, VT
  Person ID	I9200	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

  
  

  Family	William Perkins,   b. 20 Oct 1743, Lyme, New London, CT d. 24 Jun 1826, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 82 years)  [1]
  Marriage	20 Feb 1766
  Notes	from "The Sterling Genealogy" by Albert Mack Sterling, 1909 LYDIA STERLING, b. at Sterling City, Apr. 1, 1747; m. there Feb. 20, 1766, William Perkins, b. in Lyme, Thursday, Oct. 20, 1743, son of Abraham and Sarah (Cogswell) Perkins. Capt. Perkins, as he was called, was a tanner and shoemaker. In February, 1793, he removed from Lyme to Hartland, Vt., with his two sons and a daughter, again removing in 1801 to South Woodstock, Vt., where his brother-in-law, Joseph Sterling, had settled twenty years before. Lydia Sterling d. in Lyme, Apr. 11, 1793. William m. 2d, in South Woodstock, Oct. 11, 1813, Mrs. Irene Smith, wid. of Stephen Smith of Hartland. He d. in South Woodstock, June 24, 1826. Children of William and Lydia (Sterling) Perkins: Elisha Perkins, b. July 25, 1768; m. Mary Ransom; Lydia Perkins, b. June 9, 1770 ; m. John Ransom; Francis Perkins, b. July 13, 1772; m. Sally Dennison; William Perkins, b. Dec. 22, 1774; m. Mary Bigelow; Gaius Perkins, b. in Sept., 1778; m. Eunice Field; Benjamin Perkins, b. July 12, 1785; m. Ezubah Hatch. (Essex Institute Hist. Collection, Vol. XX.)
  Children	+ 1. Elisha Perkins,   b. 25 Jul 1768, Lyme, New London, CT d. 1 Nov 1851, Troy, Lincoln, MO (Age 83 years)   2. Lydia Perkins,   b. 9 Jun 1770, Lyme, New London, CT + 3. Francis Perkins,   b. 13 Jul 1772, Lyme, New London, CT d. 29 Jul 1852, South Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 80 years) + 4. William Perkins,   b. 22 Dec 1774, Lyme, New London, CT d. 19 Sep 1820, South Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 45 years) + 5. Gaius Perkins,   b. 9 Sep 1778, Lyme, New London, CT d. 3 Mar 1870, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 91 years) + 6. Benjamin Perkins,   b. 12 Jul 1785, Lyme, New London, CT d. 16 Feb 1870, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F3121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2018

  
  

• Headstones

  Lydia (Sterling) Perkins Gravestone In memory of / LYDIA / wife of / Capt. William Perkins, / who died April 11, / 1813, / aged 55 years

  
  

• Sources

  [S172] Albert Mack Sterling, The Sterling Genealogy, (The Grafton Press, 1909).